The reality of truth seeking...the pondering of hidden truths and manipulative lies. Factoring for the winners and losers in any disastrous event. Wading through the tsunami of misinformation and distracting repetitive blabber from corporate mainstream media and mesmerized, emotionally distraught youtube conspiracy theorists. All of that can be paralyzing, depressing and make one maladaptive to living an enjoyable life. I am a committed, experienced and well adjusted truth seeker. I am a conspiracy theorist. Emphasis on 'theory', many times theory is all we have to work with because of the feeble, partnered with the ruling elite; nature of journalism in America today.

I write this piece for those who are dissatisfied with the story we've been given, for those who have decided to research, explore and seek answers elsewhere, and for those who have been deep down the rabbit hole for too long and may need help reclaiming their centered humanity and joy for life, to regain their balance and enjoy the love of those in their lives. Many times, diving into the rabbit hole of truth seeking can be insidiously disorienting, depressing and anger inducing. One can become hysterical and compulsive. I know...I've noticed those conditions in myself. Becoming disconcerted and off centered will not help anyone...Following are some tips to remaining centered and present while researching for truth.

Many times we conspiracy theorists suffer from 'confirmation bias'; seeking only information that confirms our theories, while ignoring or rejecting credible evidence that refutes it. Confirmation bias is just as errant as the normalcy bias, and cognitive dissonance, that those who refuse to see apparent truths practice.

It is not uncommon for truth seekers when faced with a fantastically illogical 'official story,' to automatically jump to a conclusion without thinking the situation through and assuming; "If it's not that, then it must be this". Too many times we focus on the "it must be this", instead of focusing others on the "it's not that", part. The slumbering public whose attention we're trying to get have to let go of the erroneous 'official story' first, before they can consider any other alternatives. To paraphrase author Liam Scheff - "Official stories exist to protect those in power". Official stories tend to divert focus away from the truth. Pay attention to what the official story focuses on and then look in another direction...look to who or what benefited from the event or disaster? What measures are being instituted as 'prophylactic measures? Who benefits from those preventative measures?Whose power is enhanced and increased and who profits immeasurably?Many times those questions take observational effort and time to answer. Jumping to conclusions and making erroneous assumptions often leads us away from the answers to the above questions. Continually ask yourself while researching; "Am I practicing confirmation bias?". We truthers often complain about those with closed minds...let's make sure ours is open.

Many times truth seekers have the correct answer to the wrong question. We tend to form a hypothesis before all the facts are known. 9/11 for instance may have indeed been an "inside job", there is compelling evidence that it indeed was. However, simply bellowing repeatedly that 9/11 was in inside job sheds no new understanding. 9/11 was an inside job by who?What or who exactly was the 'inside' part of this inside job?

Dr. Judy Woods admonishes those of us that know the official story is not credible to then ask the right questions...or we can't have a viable theory . Many times our assumptions can lead us astray. So, maybe 9/11 was an inside job; but that's not the question until we have a solid idea about what actually happened. Dr. Woods posits that we need to determine what happened before we focus on who did it. Although the 'what happened' link highlights a contentious debate between Dr. Wood and the AE9/11 truth camps...that debate is beneficial because both sides understand and highlight the very dubious validity of the official 9/11 report.

Personally, I don't know what actually happened on September 11, 2001. What I do know is that the official 9/11 report and my native instincts don't jibe. What I do know is that we need to be open to all possibilities about 9/11. Keep questioning...walk around with your own questions...and STOP the incessant hand-wringing about 'external enemies'. Somehow those in the government and corporate defense contractors that have high profits at stake want us to believe that the United States survived a fifty year 'cold war' with the Soviet Union which possessed state of the art weapons technology and we had no major 'terrorist events'; but amazingly a group of technically challenged Saudi Arabians were able to mastermind the most devastating attack ever on U.S. soil?

In your search for truth...how do you not become consumed? How does one not become nihilist or worse...hysterical and totally avoided by friends and loved ones? I'll offer these tips...

1. Pick your battles wisely. Develop a sense of who is willing to hear what you have found in your truth seeking. You'll do more damage to the truth by trying to force your thoughts on people. When you do encounter someone that isn't negatively reactive to conspiracy truths, do not drill or lecture them...stay conversational and encourage...I can't repeat emphatically enough;...encourage those who are willing to listen to research on their own. Offer them sources or books. I've given away more books than I presently own, I've re-bought books that I had given away. Just know...people are much more committed to things they figure out on their own than something drummed into their heads.

2. Always keep a sense of perspective. You're truth seeking for a reason. Let your knowing be your initial force for acting. Do not fall into the trap that many of the corporate mass media hypnotized folks try to set by asking "Well what are you going to do about it?" You're doing something by sharing what you've found...

3. Nurture yourself. Be steadfast in keeping balance in your life. Develop a regular routine of self renewal. I use spiritual practice...if you're not spiritually inclined then develop a relaxation routine. However, I highly recommend a ﻿spir﻿itual practice. It keeps you grounded, puts things into perspective...gives one a sense of balanced being.

We don't want to approach truth seeking with a 'the sky is falling' mentality. Truth seeking...sousing out conspiracy theory and reality is what will set the world right. But, the world won't be set right by next week. Marianne Williamson has a quote that says-"Our major effort should be working for the ages, working for that which we may never personally experience, but will raise human beingness to it's innately divine expression" (paraphrased).So let's re-tune our tin-foil hats...let's embrace being different and even laughed at. When the truth is known you'll be gratified.

As you said, "Many times we conspiracy theorists suffer from 'confirmation bias'; seeking only information that confirms our theories, while ignoring or rejecting credible evidence that refutes it." You, my friend, have hit the nail on the head. It’s sad how many people seem to believe that an opinion and an Internet connection makes them an expert. You must first begin with EVIDENCE, not “a theory.” “Empirical evidence is the truth that theory must mimic” (not the other way around). This is why you need a REAL scientist like Dr. Judy Wood (not Woods) to conduct a REAL investigation. However, Internet "experts” do serve a purpose by keeping the truth covered up. Facts are not “a debate". Why is Dr. Wood the ONLY person to submit evidence in a court case? The truth does not depend on who supports it. Truth is not a club or a matter of “opinion” or "belief". Neither is truth a political or economic objective. Truth doesn’t have sides. The truth is singular and the truth is unifying. By reading Dr. Wood's research and collection of evidence as compiled in her book the truth is known, so there is no need to "Re-investigate 9/11". If you want unity, then seek the truth by reading her book. If you were assigned to do a book report, would you read the book or rely on rumors, conjecture, and uninformed opinions from other people? This isn't about beliefs, it is about evidence.

Now those that have read her book know the truth. Those covering it up should be held accountable. After all, it is the cover up that has enabled what has transpired since 9/11, not what happened on 9/11. So the cover up of 9/11 has been a far worse crime than 9/11 itself. Remember, the truth is known and is knowable. What should be done about those covering it up?

For Example:
Listen to Richard Gage admit that he, an architect, has never studied the very important NYC seismographic data, and that thermite does not explain all of the evidence from 9/11 (Part 2). It's absolutely mind-blowing to think about how many well-intended people are still fooled by this man's unscientific claims...

After I found out that Richard Gage was coming to Peoria, IL, I couldn't resist the opportunity to ask him why he continually ignores the overwhelming sum of easily verifiable physical evidence that thermite and explosives of any kind do not explain, why he has not filed his "smoking gun" thermite evidence in a court of law, and why he banned me, a donating member, from his AE911Truth organization just for sending Mr. Gage one well-intended email to ask if he knew about the large sum of important physical evidence that Dr. Judy Wood has discovered. I also asked Mr. Gage some other important questions, such as why he doesn't ever mention Dr. Steven Jones' past work with Los Alamos National Laboratories (the laboratory that conducted the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb and many other top-secret defense / weapons programs), and Dr. Jones's role in disrupting the 'Cold' Fusion research and patent application of Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann long ago. Please pay close attention to Mr. Gage's words, body language, and attitude, and decide for yourself what his intentions are.

In Spring of 2010, I messaged Richard Gage of AE911Truth to ask him if he knew about the large sum of important physical evidence that Dr. Judy Wood has discovered, and as a result, I was silently banned from AE911Truth, despite the fact that I have donated over $100 dollars to Richard Gage and his organization over the course of my ~1 year membership. As of the morning of March 4th 2010, my name was removed from the AE911Truth petition and my profile was deleted, so it appears that I have been banned from the group simply for sharing evidence with Richard Gage in one private email. This is very concerning to me, because I have not done anything wrong by asking Richard Gage if he is aware of the large sum of empirical evidence Dr. Judy Wood has gathered, yet AE911Truth has banned me simply for trying to help. Furthermore, shortly after I began posting on internet blogs and forums about what AE911Truth had done to me, it was then that Mark Graham of AE911Truth contacted me, emailing me to offer me a refund because they noticed I was telling people what had happened to me.

If Mr. Gage was searching for the truth, then he would not be trying to deceive people by claiming to present the best "scientific forensic evidence", only to completely ignore the large sum of scientific forensic evidence that thermite does not explain. If a cancer researcher only presented the evidence that supported his hypothesis while completely ignoring the evidence that countered his hypothesis, he would be ridiculed, criticized, and most likely fired from whatever institution he represented for presenting such an unscientific and biased fraction of the total sum of important physical evidence that demands consideration.

In my opinion,

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CeeCee

5/27/2013 12:27:11 am

.....very enlightening! and very much needed to hear! ..... was looking for it to NOT end....left us hanging! lol

As trite as it sounds, this post helped me remember the joy of being human and the importance of celebrating that. When I first fell down the rabbit hole, I became very, very afraid of just living life. I was happy I was learning the world was not as it seemed, but I was scared to learn I was being deceived on so many levels by, what I'll just call, 'higher ups'. At the top of my list was the absolute decision I would not bring any children into this madness, and, yet, becoming a parent has been my saving grace in so many ways. Now, some four years later, a part of me resonates very quietly but consistently the same message at the end of your blog - "We win!" Thank you for posting :)

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Duane TownsendObserver of myself and society. Manager of the Divine, and the profane of those mirrored phenomena. 'I AM'